European political and media circles were shocked and outraged on Tuesday 17 October at the murder of Maltese journalist and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia. It was she who effectively triggered early elections after publishing allegations of corruption and offshore bank accounts held by people close to Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat.
Writing in her blog a few hours before her death, she related the events of the morning, when, in court, the head of Muscat’s private office, Keith...